Karl von Mentz

Friedrich Franz Karl von Mentz (born July 10, 1853 in Schwerin ; † January 18, 1937 ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .

Life

origin

Mentz was the son of a colonel from the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg and his wife Emilie, née Grunwald.

Military career

Mentz received his education in his parents' house, attended a private school as well as the grammar school and the knight academy in Brandenburg an der Havel . Then he went through the cadet houses in Plön and Berlin . On August 2, 1870, during the war against France , Mentz was transferred to the replacement battalion of the East Frisian Infantry Regiment No. 78 of the Prussian Army as characterized portepeef ensign. He took part in the siege of Metz as well as the fighting at Beaune-la-Rolande , Beaugency and Le Mans . After the Peace of Frankfurt , Mentz advanced to secondary lieutenant in March 1872 and from August 1876 worked for three years as an adjutant of the 1st battalion in Emden . This was followed by his command as adjutant to the Aurich district command and in this position he rose to prime lieutenant on December 7, 1880 . With patent of July 12, 1877 Mentz was after the June 15, 1882 Minden in the Infantry Regiment "Prince Frederick of the Netherlands" (second Westphalian) no. 15 was added. Here he initially acted as a deputy regimental adjutant and in 1883/85 as an investigative officer. With promotion to captain and position à la suite of the 1st Westphalian Infantry Regiment No. 13 , Mentz was transferred to the Biebrich NCO School on August 3, 1885 as a company commander. Left in this position, he was transferred to the 4th Brandenburg Infantry Regiment No. 24 (Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin) on May 16, 1888 . On April 16, 1889, Mentz began his service as chief of the 9th Company in Havelberg . In position à la suite of his regiment, he was then appointed commander of the non-commissioned officers' school in Weilburg on June 17, 1893 . In this capacity, Mentz continued to work when he was promoted to superfluous major on November 18, 1893 and placed à la suite of the Fusilier Regiment "Prince Heinrich of Prussia" (Brandenburg) No. 35 . On June 18, 1895 he was transferred as commander of the III. Battalion in the 4th Thuringian Infantry Regiment No. 72 . In the summer of 1897 Mentz was commanded to travel by the General Staff of the IV Army Corps . Removed from his position as battalion commander, he joined the regimental staff on May 22, 1900 and was promoted to lieutenant colonel on June 16, 1900 . With his transfer to the 9th West Prussian Infantry Regiment. 176 became Mentz to colonel and served on 12 September 1902 to 24 October 1906 as commander of this association .

He was then transferred to Düsseldorf and appointed as a major general commander of the 28th Infantry Brigade . With his appointment as commandant of Magdeburg on March 3, 1910, he was awarded the character of Lieutenant General. Mentz was released from this post on March 31, 1912 and, in approval of his resignation request, was put up for disposal with the statutory pension . In recognition of his services, he received the star for the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd Class with Oak Leaves, after his departure .

With the outbreak of the First World War , Mentz was z. D. officer reused and acted as commander of the 15th Infantry Brigade in Halle (Saale) until 1915 .

family

Mentz was married to Johanna Lamberti. After her death he married Margarethe Schremjahn.

literature

• Alfred Cramer : Officer list of the infantry regiment Prince Friedrich of the Netherlands (2nd Westphalian) No. 15. Verlag R. Eisenschmidt, Berlin 1913, p. 335.
• [Johannes] von Seebach: List of officers of the Royal Prussian 4th Thuringian Infantry Regiment No. 72. 1860–1910. Uhland Verlag, Stuttgart 1910, p. 165.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Dermot Bradley (ed.), Günter Wegner: Occupation of the German Army 1815-1939. Volume 1: The higher command posts 1815–1939. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1990, ISBN 3-7648-1780-1 , p. 237.
2. ^ Military weekly paper . No. 51 of April 20, 1912, p. 1131.